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BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Fall 2011
BIOL-30200 Junior Research
Symposium
Tuesday, December 13
4:00 Richard Kintzing (Jean Hardwick)
“Alterations in Expression of Agiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Following Myocardial Interaction in the
Guinea Pig”
4:15 Ashley Hong (Andrew Smith)
“A Histological Approach Detecting Calcium and Oxidized Proteins in the Adhesive Epithelial in
Arion Subfuscus”
4:30 Rose Scavotto (Susan Swensen)
“The Effects of Herbaceous Vegetation Type on Soil Microbial Diversity”
4:45 Kelsey MacKellar (Leann Kanda)
“Does Activity Level Affect Home Range”
5:00 Adrienne Antonson (Bruce Smith)
“Blinded by the Light: Do zooplankton orient preferentially to horizontally-polarized
light over vertically-polarized light?”
5:15 Keyla Tumas (Andy Smith)
“The Effect of Temperature on the Mechanics of Arion subfuscus Glue”
Wednesday, December 14
4:00 Britany Straley (Marina Caillaud)
“Intergenerational Effects of BPA on C.
elegans”
4:15 Abby Finley (Bruce Smith)
“PCR Probes for Punitive Sex Ratio
Distorting Pathogens in the Mite,
Arrenurus manubriator”
4:30 Bonnie Marvin (Maki Inada)
“Alterations of Gene Expression
through Alternative Splicing Coupled
to a mRNA Degradation Pathway”
4:45 Heather Cornell (Marina Caillaud)
“The Nematode Worm Caenorhabditis
Elegans: BPA and the Tale of Five
Genes”
5:00 Brian Hayes (Peter Melcher)
“Perplexing Pipelines: Taking Plant
Hydraulics
from the 16th Century to the 21st Century”
5:15 Kyle Sinclair (Bruce Smith)
“Can Eastern Spotted Newts Learn to
Discriminate against Eating the Mite
Limnochares americana”
5:30 Victoria Rutigliano (Ed Cluett)
“Effective Disruptions of Cholesterol
Trafficking on Lipid Rafts”
Thursday, December 15
4:00 Natasha Petersen (Jean Hardwick)
“The Effects of Inhibiting the AT1 Receptor in
Cardiac Remodeling Following a Myocardial
Infarction in Guinea Pig Models”
4:15 Mary Schantz (Susan Swensen)
“Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Genus Gurania
Based on rps16-trnQ Chloroplast Intergenic
Space Region”
4:30 Shannon Ryan (Jean Hardwick)
“Changes in Synaptic Efficiency in the
Guinea Pig Intrinsic Cardiac Plexus: Effects
of Acute Myocardial Infarction and
Neuromodulators”
4:45 Stephanie Hinsvark (Ed Cluett)
“Cholesterol's favorite CDs: CD44 and CD55 roles as
part of the cholesterol trafficking pathway”
5:00 Sudie-Ann Robinson (Ed Cluett)
“Effect on Sphingomyelinase on the Distribution
of Caveolin in the Cell”
5:15 Dylan O’Leary (Leann Kanda)
“How Temperament Relates to the Daily Activities of
the Eastern Chipmunk”
5:30 Fozia Khan (Peter Melcher)
“A sweet study: Does tapping Acer saccharum for
maple syrup sap effect plant growth?”
A sweet study: Does tapping Acer saccharum for
maple syrup sap effect plant growth?
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A sweet study: Does tapping Acer saccharum for
maple
syrup
effect
plant .growth?
Refreshments served 3:45 p.m.
CNS
1stsap
floor
lobby
ALL ARE WELCOME!
A sweet study: Does tapping Acer saccharum for
maple
sap
Please bring your own reusable
mugsyrup
for beverages
.
effect plant growth?